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“What’s New At Hadassah:” An Assessment of Hadassah’s Film Collection General Assessment –Basic Background –Format Migration –Archival Copies –Toward A Mission Statement The Beginning: Hazel Greenwald Film Production At Hadassah –Awards and Distinctions Promotion and Distribution Archiving and Preservation Specs and Film Logistics Assessment and Suggestions

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Hazel Greenwald “Those who know her have learned not to bat an eyelash when they see her perched on top of a ladder, leaning out of a window, or lying on the floor aiming her cameras at all sorts of likely and unlikely targets. We say “cameras” advisedly since she always travels with three – movie, black/white, and color – slung around her neck, and seems somehow to be able to use all three at one time.” - Hadassah Press Release, December 1962.

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Hazel Greenwald Long-term member of Hadassah National Board 1933 Mediterranean cruise, met Henrietta Szold, got involved in rescue of Jewish children from Germany Annual filming visits to Israel Attended World Zionist Congress, Basel, Switzerland 1946. Founded Hadassah Film Department Founded Hadassah Archives By 1960, over 50,000 feet of color film B&w, color slides, film By 1960, 75 films, 250,000 b&w photos & 40,000 color slides for Hadassah Took photos in 29 countries “Those who know her have learned not to bat an eyelash when they see her perched on top of a ladder, leaning out of a window, or lying on the floor aiming her cameras at all sorts of likely and unlikely targets. We say “cameras” advisedly since she always travels with three – movie, black/white, and color – slung around her neck, and seems somehow to be able to use all three at one time.” - Hadassah Press Release, December 1962.

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Film Production 1933: Film lab in the kitchen: cutting, splicing, projecting and captioning on a child’s blackboard. Twentieth Century Fox impromptu consultation. 1942: July Issue of Hadassah Headlines says 1st film ready, “Health for Victory” September 1943: “They Live Again” - Film #2. November 1944: “Out of the Darkness,” about Hadassah 1945: “Forgotten Children,” 1947 “Henrietta Szold,” 1948: “Adamah,” / “Tomorrow’s A Wonderful Day.” Production Today Oren in Production

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Archiving & Preservation 1960: Hazel takes on archiving & preservation, plus fundraising for project A history of Israel since it became a state A place to deposit films (lack of space, destruction of negatives, requests to move them out of closet at Hadassah.) Rad / Spielberg Archives, Jerusalem Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem Jerusalem Cinematheque “Hazel Greenwald – Hadassah Collection.” 1987 allocation of funds for repair and renovation of Hadassah Film Library